Machine for breasting the heels of boots and shoes.



M. D. PHELAN.

MACHINE FOR BREASTING THE HEELS 0F BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLICATION IILIID SEPT,4, 1906. RENEWED APR. 12, 1910.

Patented May 1'7, 1910.

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M. D. PHELAN.

MACHINE FOR BREASTING THE HEELS OF BOOTS AND SHOES.

APYLIOATION FILED SEPT. 4. 1906. RENEWED APR. 12, 1910.

958,005. Patented May 17, 1910.

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APPLIOATION'I'ILED SEPTA, 1906. RENEWED APR. 12, 1919.

Patented May 17, 1910;

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M. 1); PHELAN.

MACHINE FOR BREASTING THE HEELS 0P BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4. 1906. RENEWED APR. 12, 1910.

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MACHINE FOB, BRBASTING THE HEELS 0F BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLIOATION FILED S3314, 1906. RENEWED APR. 12, 1910.

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Patented May 17, 1910.

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APPLIQATION FILED SEPT.4, 1906. RENEWED APR. 12, 1910.

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M. D. PHELAN.

MACHINE FOR BREASTING THE HEELS 0F BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPTA, 1906. RENEWED APR. 12, 1910.

Patented May 17, 1910.

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MACHINE FOR BREASTING THE HEELS 0F BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4, 1906. RENEWED APR. 12, 1910.

M. D. PHELAN.

' MACHINE FOR BRBASTING THE HEELS OF BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4, 1906. RENEWED APB. 12,1910.

Patented May 17, 1910.

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Be it known that I, MERTON D. Pminsn,

a citizen of the United :States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State "of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Breasting the Heels of Boots and Shoes, of

which the followin is a specificationij This invention relates to machines for op erating upon the bottoms ofboots and shoes,

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and more particularly to machines for acting upon heels. -For the-invention will we escribed as embodied in a heel breast-in machine.

The invention is designed to,

oses' of illustration, 1

macl1i11e of the general character a ove sag-'3 gested whlch shall be of improved 'construc- "MTIOII.

tion, simple, efiicient and accurate o,per.;

One practicable mannerin which these objects may be attained will more fully ap- 5 pear in the succeeding specificatiomovhich describes an illnstilatwe machine embody ing the various features .of the invention,

collectively considered. The specific\ 'illus trative machinejnst referred to is shown in 1 the accon'ipanylng drawings.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side 'elevation of the illustrative machine, showing'in full lines a shoe in osit'ion to be operated upon, and in dotted 'ines the work support in its shoe receiving position; Fig. 2 is a .front elevation of the'madhine shown in Fig.1; Fig. '3 is a vertical section (partly in elevation) on a plane extending from front to rear of the machine indicated by' the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 Fig.- &i is a horizontal section on a line 44 of Fig. .2; Fig. 5 is a vertical, detail section on' a line 55 of Fig. 2, as viewed from'the left in Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line G'6 of Fig. 3; Fig. 7 is an enlarged plan (partly in section) ofthe trippers shown at the left of. Fig. 4; Fig. 8f-is a sec 'tion on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7, looking to ward the right in the latter figure; Fig. 9 is a side elevation ofthe parts shown'in Fig. 8; Fig. 10 is a plan view of the parts shown in :Figs. 8 and 9'; Fig.--11-is va vertical section, crosswise the machine ona line 11-11 of Fig. 4; Fig. 12 is a-vertical'section on the line 12-12 of Fig. -4;' Fig; 13 is a vertical section, crosswise the machine, on a line 15-13 of (11; 14 is'a vertical' section on the linefiflfi" -14 of Fig. "7;

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Fig-.15 of, the main shaftoffthe machine on the line 1515 of Fig. 1, looking towardfthc'left {fihela-tter figure; Fig. 16 is a've rticai section from front'to rear of the machine on is a vertical section through the axis a line .1{316 of Fig. 2, looking toward the ,f right in the latter figure; Fig.1? is a. detail is a section on the line '1B.-1'8 of Fig. 17;

Fig. 19 isadetail sectionon a line 19-19 of,

12; Fig-20 is a detachedplanview 0f ivhen roperly adjusted is acted'nponbja a knife carrying slide in section on the line 17,-l7 .of F 1g. 2; Fig.18"

"a tripper";stop plate; shown in dotted lines I in Fig; 7; Fig. "21- is a-- diagrammatic view rovidefa .70

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2,-the shoe-bobs 'operated nponis sustained in inverted posi-f t1on upon} a pivdtedjvork support 20; and

vertica vreciprocating tool. .Such adjust-, ment as may be required in the specific niachine to-{determine the 'proper relation of. tool and work, is. efi'ected by moving the .work 'Thework support "20 consists of a standard in .two parts, 21 and 22, connected by .an adjustingnut 23,engaging right and i left threads on the respective parts, which are rendered relatively non-rotatable by a spline 2 (Fig. 1) oIi-the part 21, in sliding engagement withan axial recess on the other part. The work sup ort 20 is pivoted by a ine base 25.; and the 'lower extremity .of the support, beingap propriately rounded, fits in a segmental recess 27 of the base 25 and bears against .the

latter so as totransmit pressure exerted upon the shoe, directly to the .base.

.As shown in Fig. '3, 'the upper extremity 3t of the work su port 20 has a head 28, -.to

which is secure a jack block 29 on .apivot 30. This pivot 30 permits the shoe 31 to be rocked so as to change the vertical plane angle between the breast and the. vertically moving tool and thereby to determine the tread-angle to be-formed by thefbreasting 7 operation. The rocking of the'jac'k block 129 mae be prevented, limited or adjusted-by means of screws 32 32, carried in the head'28'.

Theshoe is when the latter occupies the position 1nd1{ cated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Thereafterthe support and the shoe are moved rearwardly beyond the, proper operative position of the shoe in order to permit certain positionin devices to be introduced-in front of the bee breast; and when this'has been effected the-shoe is moved forwardly to the fullline position shown in Fig. 1., The preliminary position-after the shoe has beenpushed back is shown in full lines in Fig. 3; and the operative osition of'the shoe after it has been moved orward again is shown in i bya dotted lines in 3. When the work stands in preliminary position,-it is sustained from beneath by; the work support and at this time it is desirable for the purposes of the specific illustrative machine to engage the heel of the shoe from, above. Accordingly, the operator moves a resser foot down against the tread face'othe heel to hold the shoe more or less firmly between the presser foot and work support. The presser footis operated by means, of a treadle 33, shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

.' Referring now to Figs. 1, 15 and 16, the

treadle 33 is-a bell crank, fulcrumed upon a treadle shaft 33', and comprises an arm 33 the ulpp'er extremity of which is connected ink 35110221 horizontally sliding wedge 34. The wedge 34 extends through a slot 36 in a yoke 37,.fixed atthe upper end of a on the machine frame, and has atits outer I vertical link'38 which ispivoted at its lower end bya in 39.,to a cam lever 40. The cam lever 40 1s fulcruined at 41 to a bracket '42 end a cam roll 43 to engage a presser foot eam,44, fixed upon the main shaft 45 of the machine. The shaft 45is suitably journaled in the machine base 25 and is driven through the agency of a clutch pulley 46 (Fig. 15). The lower' face of the wedge 34 bears against a. correspondingly inclined surface upon the yoke-37; and the u per face of the wedge engages a block 47 ed at the lower end of a presser, foot rod- 48, said block 47 being arranged to slide vertically in the slot 36 of the yoke'37. Thus, when the operator de-.

presses his tre'adle, thewedge 34 is moved to the right in F 16, an'djthe presser foot rod 48 is elevat .Referring nowto'Fig. 2, the presser foot rod 48 has at its'upper extrem1ty'a bifhrcatedblock 49, embracing one end ofa lever- 51, which is pivoted thereto at 50. The

lever 51 is fulcrumed at 52 u on a bracket 53,- rejecting from the mac. inc head 54. The ever 51 is also pivoted by a pin 55 (see Fig. f3) toan adjustable link 56, fixed at its lower end to the resser foot plunger 57. Thus, when the ever 51 is rocked the plunger 5.! is vertically moved in ways 58 (F i 6) formed in the breasting. tool slide 59, t e presser foot plunger being held in the ways-58W cap plates 60,60, fastened to the Sli 659.

Referring again to Fig. 3, the ad'ustable link 56 co prises two oplpositely t readed Screws Gl and 62, engage by an adjusting nut 63, thus providing for vertical adjustment of thevpresser foot plunger57 with relation to the throw of the lever-51. The screw 61 is connected to the plunger 57 by means of a pin 64; and the lower extremity of the plunger 57 is pivotally connected by.

a pin 65 to a presser foot 66. The presser foot 66 is further connected to the plunger 57 by being pivoted at 67 to a rod 68, projecting upwardly from the presser footand entering an a erture 70 in an arm 6901: the plunger 57. y moving the rod .68'vertically the presser foot 66 is rocked about its pivot 65 at the lower end of the plun er- 57, and thus the presser foot ma be adjusted at any practicable angle to t e horizontal;

The presser foot may be'secured in adjusted I position by means of a set screw7 1, threading into the end of the arm 69 ofthe .phm-

ger 57.

Fig. 14 is a transverse vertical section (partly in elevation) of the presser -foot,von. a plane located just to the right of the pluns -ger 57 as it is viewed in Fig. 3; 1

Referring now to Figs. 3 and 14in'the front end of the presser foot 66 are mounted two yielding pressers 72, 73;; Since thesetwo pressers are substantially alike .it will sufficeto describe one of them. As shown in Fig.

14, a roll 74 is loosely journaled upon ashaft 75, fixed in a vertically sliding block 76, arranged to retreat upwardly into a. recess 77 in the presser foot 66. The block 76 hasfixed in it two pins 7 8-7 8 which project upwardl through the presser foot 66 and are encirclia tending constantly to press the block 76 and tlfie presser roll 74' downwardly toward the 5 0e.

When the operator depresses the treadle and thereby movesthe presser foot down against the tread face of thehe'el, .(the latter being then in' its preliminary position) the d within the recess 77 by springs 7 9,

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started with the shoe in operative position,

the presser foo't cam 44 acts through the link 38 and rod 48 to force the presser foot firmly against the heel and preferably this firm engagement continues during the entire breastlng o eration so as to grip the heel securely in adjusted position between the presser foot andwork support.

3 the sliding collar 82. A- spring 157 encir-' comparativel {15 ohm the shipper'rod 90- tends constantly astowary t y H a It has been stated that the -II1&Cl'1iIle .iS' charg d.*"Whensuch .a time .relation prera started by moving the shoe between" prevails,iit insuresthat thegheel-shall be cor-j: liminary and operative position, but before really-positioned before the breasting com: I considering the "immediate effect of this mencesilheworklpositioning ofiice' willbel movement of the shoe, it is expedientpreexplained first.

,j liminarily to describe a convenient form of: Fig-214i ustrates diagramm atically the clutch such as is used on thespecific illustramanner-in w ich thetripper 92engages the I tive machine. Reference may be had to Fig. breast of atoplift at one .c' o rner in order to. 15, which is-a sectional view drawn 'onthe: position theilatterin the line of the knife 10 vertical plane of the axis of the main shaft- 195., .It has been stated that the'tripperpar-j 45. The shaft has a loose belt'pulleyflfi; takesofthe endwise, movement of the shoe which is restrained against axial movement -as-.-;'the latter;-pa,sses"from preliminary to and has vupon its hub one member of a o'si-: operative position, the hook .'of the tripper tive clutch. "A sliding member-80 'o the .being latched overthe breastof the top ift clutch consists of two'collars 81 and 82; rigso as tow-be dr wn forward. therewith. Int 0.

idly'eonnected by a pin 83,'each of said-col-g order ;to define the extent of thismovement lars being splined'to the shaft -45 so as to be of Ethe shoeand tripper, provision is made axially movable thereon. Interposed between ion-positively arresting thetripper whereby the collars 81 and82 is a collar 85, rigidly the shoe is also arrested, thejtripper, hoo I fixed to the shaft, the pin 83 passing loosely 'sstillengaging the toplift. The. devicesfor 5" therethrough. In the fixed collar- 85 are arresting the tripper are adjustedso thatfthe provided-recesses 86, 86, in which aremounts tr pea and shoe shall bebroughtto astandg: edsprings 87, 87, which tend constantly to St1 -]1 a vthe'tophft corne adiacent' he force the sliding collars 81, 82, toward;the t ppen-g takes position beneath thedmifel a right in Fig. '15, to throw the cliitch ,into 195- th specifie 911.1 of, trippei: 9b

driving engagement by meshing the-teeth .erves.'d,efin1te1y to,positi on the cornernja 88 "on collar 81 'withteeth 89 'mountedon andthereby: contributes to present. thejheel the 'hubof thefbelt pulle 46. The sliding n 1t S-Jpr0Her I te1atibn to the breasting--ft o ol'.

clutch member '80 is-hel normally-out of Durmg this time ',the other; trippeltl .91

a0 engagement a ainst the; tension: of rthe r ams 1n noperat ve position and thence a5 springs 87, 87 by means of ashipperrod ltmaydrsregarded for t-he pre'sent. As 90, the lower extremity of which is arranged l10)v1}, 1I,1j.F1g-- 21, but ,-9 }Q 10 to 'projectbetween .the fixed collar and heeLis engaged; nd this-leaves the shoe 1yQ-free to swing horizontally so e median angle ..9 f vthe breast to e evate'th'e-latter and permit engagement a. the angle between the breast and lo nof the clutch; but said spring is normally fiitudinal med an ofjthe heell) f-Toassist in opposed by devices'which are released to eterminmg any deslred med an angle an start the machine, upon movement of the j ble ide gage -159. is ro ded to llmit 40 work from preliminary to operative posi the hqn n a SW11! of t e 51156. "The gage tion. This release is accomplished through 1593111 he u j Of 51 fall,d s ,ripti n the agency of two trippers 91 and 92-(F1g, h r afi ri 3 7 arranged alternatively to engage the A left shoe 1's represented'in Flg. 2 1; and "breasts of right and left shoes, and to accomthe trlpper 92 Shown a g g g the f 45 pany said shoes/ forwardly during their hand or outside corner of the toplift. It is 55 erative performs'two offices-a clutch re-' "gage 159;

movement to operative position. Thetmans customary to shapeheels so thatthe outer ner in which the trippers are associated with breast corner Sh ll Stand nearer the shoe toe shoes will be described first before 'explainthan the inner corner. For. this reason it is ing the manner in which they serve .to repreferred to have-the tripper 92 locate the 50 leasethe shipper rod 90' to permit the acoutside breast corner in line with the knife.

tion of spring 157. .7

195; aridto swing the shoe-upon substan- For the purposes of the particular ma-. 'tially that corner as a pivot untilthe proper chine under discussion the trippers 91;.and medlan angle has heendescribed, whereupon I92 operate alternatively and each when opfurtherswing will beobstructed by the side I leasing ofiice 'servin to start the machine, preceding" description Qfv the'trippr 'andfa work positioningofiice serving-talo- 92 isappllcablealsotofthe other tripper 91 onto a corncr of' a heel in proper vertical .wliich' actsnpon theouti' 'cornerofaright. linement' with the specific form .of' verti heel t a;nd;c06perate$ with a side gage onlthe 'callyg-acting breasting tool.- It isprefenred zppposite side of ithefshoe. Since it is the that eachtripperg-perform its two ofiices inf usualj practice to breast right and left shoes a. a more Or less definitectime 'relation such alternately-the specific 'nia'chine'is arranged that the-' n1achine'shall notabe started early to introduce:theitrippersi'91. and 92"alter- 'fleiiouigh'to'initiateth breasting o erationh ..-nafte 1y'5i to operative p i n-'- a Q5 fore the work positioning ofiiee has been d1s- In gig. -'I the trlpper91 is shown in its from its active position.

proper position to cooperate with a right shoe; the flipper-92 hem then withdrawn 'nce the twotrippers are substantially alike both in construction and mode of operation, the following descriptionof the tripper 91 will be'under stood as applying equally to the tripper 92.

f Referring to Figs. 8, 9 and 10, the tripper- 91. is shown detached. It comprises a hook 93, adj'ustably copnected by a screw-threaded rod 94 to a tripper shank 95, the hook and shank being mounted to slide together endwise in a-casing 96. The casing 96 is also arranged to slide endwise with the hook and shank,'in a tripper frame 97 is fixed to a pin 98 (Figs. 7 and to the loweriextremity of the pin." Thus the spring 99 tends constantlyto rock the entire trippe'riand its mounting, clockwise in Fig."7-that is to say, the tripper tends "fixed thereto s(Fig. 3).

normally to move into operative plositionz It will beiunderstood that t e'trippers themselves are positioned and operate beneath the presser foot, as llustrated in Fig.

3; but; the pin 98 .journaledin 'the' presser foot, projeets upwardly through the latter and constitutes the axial shaftof a yoke 100 By means about to be described, the yoke 100 is rocked about the vertical axis of the pin 98, to turn said pin and move itsassociated tripper out of operative position; and thereafter the yoke is turned in the opposite direction to permit the spring 99 to throw the tripper into operative position. Referring aga n to Fi 3, the extremities of the yoke are connected by a stud 101, to which is'applied the power for rocking theyoke to the ends just suggested.

7 As shown in Fig. 7, the studs 101 and 101',

for the respective yokes, each passes through a slot in a tripper shifter 103, shownin cross section in i i 3." \Vhen thetri per shifter 103 is mover longitudinally omleft to right, and vice versa in'l ig. 7) the trippers are thrown alternately into and out of o erative position. Also, at intervals, t e shifter 103' occupies an intermediate position such that neither tripper is in operative osition. As shown-in Fi 4, the tripper shifter 103 is arranged to s ide endwise rectilinearly in bearings 104, 105. The movements of the-tripper shifter 103 are actuated from themain shaft.

' Referringnow to Figs. 16 and 17, the shifter 103 is actuated through the agency of shifter cam, 106, fixed upon an auxiliary frame 97. The

shaft 107, which is driven through a gear 108, fast thereto, by agear 109,

the main shaft 445. The -ratio of the gears xed upon 108 and 109 is such that the auxiliary shaft rotates once while the main shaft rotates twice. The cam 106,ac ts,upon a roll 112 mounted upon a cam lever 110, fulcrume' at 111 to the bracket 42. Pivotedto the cam lever 110 is a shifter rod 113, which (see- Fig. 11) is connected at its upper extremity with onearm of a bell-crank 114 fulcruuied at 115 to a bracket 116 on the. machine frame.

The vertical arm-of the bell-crank 114 has a slot 117 into which projects a block 118,

journaled upon a pin119, fixed inthe trip-k per shifter 103'. Thus, when.,the shifter rod 113 is vertically reciprocat'ed by the shifter;

cam 106, the tripper'shifter 103 is reciprof cated endwise horizontally to move the trippers alternately into an position.

out of operative By reference to Fig. 16, itwill benoted that the shifter cam 106 has a'rise 120 and a depression 121, the remainder of the cam be ing a uniform dwelh The action of this cam shifter 103, will effect shifts between two opposite limits determined respectively by the rise and the depression on the camyand .in

' the intervals between the shifts the tripper shifter will occupy an intermediate position.

Since the rise 120 and the depression 121 are.

when communicated to the tripper' diametrically disposed on the cam 106, and

since the auxiliary shaft 107 with the cam is rotated at uniform speed, it followsthat the trippers will be moved into operative position in alternationat uniform intervals, one being withdrawn and-another presented by each half revolution of the auxiliary shaft. \Vhen the machine has completed a breasting operation. it comes to rest with the cam rol 112 engaging one or the other of the rise 120 or (lfllll'tSSlOl'i 121 so that whenever a shoe is introduced to the machine it will find one of the trippers in operative position. the heel has been properly a justed with relation to the breasting tool it is'desirable' that the tripper be withdrawn in order to remove it from possible interference with the movement of the breastingftool; and to this end the tripper cam 106 is so timed that its dwell becomes operative soon after the machine starts and before the breasting bepgins and thereby moves the tripper shifter into'intermediate osition. This swing's the recently acting tripper away from the heel and there holds it untihjust as the machine stops, the shifter 103 is moved further to present'the other tri'pper for the next shoe.

When the trippcr 91 occupies the position shown in Fig. 7. the extreme end of t e hook After. 1i

93 is pressed by the spring'99 3) restrained from entering completely into front ofthe heel breast.

The hook 93 of the tripper reaches itsi'position in front of the heel breast While the shoe stands yet/in its preliminary position. It remains then for the operator to draw the shoe forward to operative position; and

V in so doing the heel will, through the hook 93, move the tripper forward until, as willbe presently described, the movement of the tripper is finally arrested, thereby also arresting the shoe and as already described, determining in part the position of the heel breastin relation to the breasting tool. In

the specific machineshown in the drawings the hook 93 is of such dimensions that it engages only the toplift 123and, hence, the final arrested position of the hook deter- .mmes'the position of the toplift with relation to the'br'easting tool. This is prefcr able for the reason that the toplift is usually given substantially its finished form-before application to the heel, and is located onthe latter inthe position which it is desiredto have upon the finished shoe.- Thus the top lift-may serve in the capacity of a pattern, whereby the heel may be properly adjusted ;to' the breasting tool.

Referring now to Figs. 8, 9 and 10, it will be observed that forward movement of the hook 93, as it accompanies the shoe to operative position of the latter, will also move the tripper-shank 95 endwise. This movement of the shank 95, during a portion of -'its extent, is utilized for throwing the clutch and starting the machine in a manner about to be explameda The shank 95 has an inte ral car 125 F ig. 10) which receives and lides upon a stud 126, fixed to an ear 127 integral with, the casing 96. A stop collar 126' onthe' stud-l26 limits the movement of the ear l2a 3ari'd consequently of the shank -95to the right with relation to the casing 96. Av spring 128 bears at one end against the ear 125 and, at its other end, against an ear 12$) integral with the tripper frame 97; and this.

. stud 138, fixed in the car 12!).

spring tends to move the shank 95 to the left in Fig. 10 and -to oppose movement of the book 93 as it accompanies the movement of the shoe. T he spring l28cncircles a A bifurcated (Xi0llSl()ll 135 of the casing 96 extends to the left in Fig. 8 and enters a slot 130 in a oylimlrical portion 131 of the shank 95. Mounted in said cylindrical portion so as to slide vertically therein is a 'pin 132, hearing near its lower extremity a collar 133, having a beveled cam surface 134. The cam 'causingb si'irface 134 cooperates with a similarly hoveled surface upon the under side of the furcations 135 of the casing 96. A spiral sprin'g'136 is interposed between'a nut I37 fast) he'p n 132 and. the top of the shank. 95; a d serves to hold the cam-face,

yieldingly up'against the cooperating cam Ont-he casing 96. Duringthe movement of the shoe into operative position, the shank 95, carryin wlth it the cam 13 t, accomp'anies the s 0e throughout its entire movement; while during the latter part of said movement the casing 96 is arrested, thereby the cam faces on the bifurcations 135 to p continues to move through a short distance.

This continued movement of theca'm 134:

ecome stationary while the earn '134' serves to depress the pin 132 against the" tension of the spring 136 and this downward movement of said in'taking place. just as the shoe reaches its final operative position-acts to 'throw' the/clutch and start the machine. The 'arrest of the casing 96" -referred to is effected throughthe agency of a Mg .139, fixed'in the casing 96,,which, during the forward movement of the casing,

abuts against a stop face o11fa plate*14(),;.

secured to the under face of the plan view in FigJ ZO-"(Shcct6). Thefs't'o'p faces for thelugs-139 and 139' on theresp ecasingsjorsthe trippers ,91 and. 92, are indicated'at 140'- and 140*." The plate 140-has'a1so acurved face 140. Thelatter has thesamefcurve a's-the breasting knife and, consequei'itl'y,- has .the same curveas the breast of the-heel when finally shaped. The plate 140 is securedto the resser foot so as to be readily removable to replaced by other plates, differently curved to suit various elassesof'work In assembling a plate 140 with the presserifoot, the. Operator. may place thgicurved edge'140 against the back of the knife and he may thus ascertain two important circumstances; that.

the plate 140 and the breasting knife' are appropriate to cachrothcr, which will be evidenced by their curves coinciding; and that they are properly adjusted to each other; whichwi I be evidenced by a proper symmetrical relation between them. 5

It will be noted but the curved stop faces 140' and 140 have characteristic shapes,

such that a lugi139 willbe arrested-at difg ferent stages of its travel'according as it cngagesdi fl'erent parts of a stop face. 'As

already explained, it is desirable that-.a heel, when in operativeposition, stand with a corner of its toplift aJprQX'iinately in the line of travel of the; reustinglgni'te, In moving heels from preliminary position to operative position with relation to a curved I knife, it is evident thata heel having a wide iii-east would require to be 1 advanced, to bring a corner beneath the curve of the knife,

a greater distanuuthau would be necessary for a narrow heel; and in order to insure that heels of. varyingwidths shall be arrested when they have moved exactly the' proper distances, the stop faces 140' and 140 l 5 are so shaped that a tri per engaging a narrow heel will be arreste earlier in its" travel, than would occur if it engaged a wide heel with a consequentgreater lateral displacement of its lug 139 such as to contact with a different-part of a face 140. In this manner the travel of each tripper is rendered variable to suit the requirements of heels of difierent widths. It is true of course that a tripper hook and its engaged heel continue to travel after a'lug 139 has engaged a stop tionof a heel in relation to the breasting tool.

As already suggested, the movement of the .slide 95 vafter the casing 96 has become sta tionary, serves to depress the pin 132 and thereby to throw the clutch and start the machine. Referring now to Figs. 3, 4 and 8, the lower extremity of the pin 132 is normally in contact with one end of a bell-crank 141, fulcrumed at 142 to the presser foot. When the pin 132 is depressed, as described, the bell-crank 141 is rocked contra-clockwise in Fig. 3. Pivoted to theibell-crank lever at 143 is a lunger 144, seated in a recess in the presser cot and encircled by a spring 145 tending normally to rock the bellcrank clockwise in Fig. 3 and to hold it in contact with the pin 132. Depression ofthc pin 132,

however, rocks the bell-crank and moves the plunger 144 to the left in Fig. 3, so that it pushes against and rocks a starting lever 146 Fig. 4), fulcrumed at 147 to the frame oft 1e machine. As shown in Fig. 4, the starting lever 146 is connected by a. link 149 to the swinging end of a shipper yoke 150 (see also Fig. 11), which is journaled torock on a vertical axis supplied by a pin 151. (see also Fig. 11) mounted in ears 152,152 on a ver' 5 tically reciprocating tool actuating slide 204. By this organization theyoke 150 is pro vided with vertical reciprocation in unison with the breasting tool slide; and upward "movement of the yoke after the tool has com leted the breasting operation is utilized.

for isengaging the clutch and stopping the machine. Reciprocation of the link 149 rocks the yoke 150 on its vertical pivot. The upper arm of the yoke 150 (Fig. 11) has an car 153 which normally underlies one end of a shipper-rod 154, fulc'ruined to the fram of the machine at 155. The opposite end of the shipper-rod lever 154 is connected b a pin 156 to the clutch shipper-rod,90. Evidently, when the lever 146 is rocked-clockwise in' Fig. '4 the yoke 150 will. also be rocked clockwise in-said figure,'and thereb the ear 153 (Fig. 11) will be withdrawn om beneath the'lever 154, releasing thespring 157 (Fig. 15) to elevate the shipper-rod90 and permit engagement of the clutch for starting; the machine. To summarize :-During,the. forward movement of the shoe from preliminary to operative position, a pin 132 is forced downwardly to rock the bell-crank 141 (Fig. 3) contra-clockwise. This movementof the bell-crank 141 rocks the starting -lever 146 (Fig. 4) clockwise and thereby removes ear 153 (Fig. 11) from beneath the lever 154 to permit spring 157 (Fig. 15)to 5 elevate, the shipper-rod 90. This permits the springs 87 to throw the clutch and start the machine. The manner in'which the machine is automatically stopped after the desired breasting operation will be explained herinafter.

Preferably the trippers are operative only one at a time and they each,-when acting, definitely position one. corner ofa heel in its proper relation to the breasting too] upon arrival of the shoe in operative position. While this single means contributes to assist the operator in properly locating the shoe, it is preferred, as explained hereinbefore, to employ additional means whereby the swing 10 of the shoe'in a horizontal plane may be governed so as to determine the angle which the finished breast shall make with the lonitudinal median of the heel. This referred additional means is exempliiie in 10 the accompanying drawings by slde gages 158 and 159, shown in F1 s. 1, 2 and 13. In the particular illustrative embodiment shown, these side gages consist in stops arranged to be placed in position proximate 11 the sole edge of a shoe, so as to supply abutn'ients against which the sole edge may con tact. \Vith an arrangement of this sort the shoe may be held against horizontal movement by engaging it. a i two points to witE- 1*: at a breast corner and at aportion of the sole edge as shown in Fig. 21. W'hile a tripper and a side gage are not mutually indispensable, it is preferred that they coiiper'ate as above described. 1: The gages 158 and 159 are conveniently arranged to be introduced into operative position one at a time so that when one is in use the other shall not interfere with the manipulation of the shoe. Also, the side 11 gages for the purposes of the specific machine, are arranged to be operated alternately to accommodate alternate right and left shoes as they are introduced'to the niachine in the ordinary course of its opera- 1:

' tio'n.- The gage 158is intended to;co 6p,erate.

ywiththe leftslde [of the,- sole of at right ,shoe

and the gage 159 is intended toicoii crate: with the right-edge of the'sole of a le 1; shoe (see. Fig. 21). The gages are preferably substantially alike, and accordingly :it,will sutlice to describe in detail but one of them.

The gage 158 comprises a holder 160, pivoted at 161 between ears 162, 162 depending from a-bracket 163 secured to the frame of the ,machine. The gagemoves upon its pivot 'erative position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 13, it may be. adjusted horizontally transversely of the machine to vary the POSI- tion determined by it for a cooperating solev edge. The holder 160 is rocked about its pivot 161,"to move the gage finger 164 into and out of operative position, through the agency of a tooth 168 engaging a co-acting tooth 169 on a rack bar 170, arranged to reciprocate endwise in the bracket 163. ln

like manner .to that just described the side gage 159 has a holder 160ff1 noi1nted on a pivot 161, andlaii adjustableigagingfinger 164. Thelatter is moved into and out of operative position by means of a tooth 169 upon the rack bar 170 engaging a recess 171 in the holder 160. v

\Vhen the rack bar 170. is moved toward the leftin Fig. 13' thegage 158 is moved into the position indicated by dotted lines,

and it thus occupies a position to engage the left hand edge of the sole of an inverted right shoe on the work support. When the rack bar 170 ismovcd inversely toward the right in Fig. 13 the gage 159 will be rotated into an operative position correspomling to that of the gage 158shown in dotted lines. These operations of moving one or the other of. the gages. into operative position take place preferably only at the extremes of reciprocation of then-ack bar 170: anrhnormally the latter rest-sin an intermediate position in which neitherv of the gages ,is in operative position. At such a time vthe gages may he held in the full line positions of Fig. 13 by the engagementof their respective teeth with those of the racl' half, the rack bar being maintained in itstnterme- (hate position by spiral springs 17 2, 17"., acting-u )on its opposite extremities. 'The rack bar is moved from its intermediate po sition to one or=the other of the extremesot its reciprocation,hy mechanism presently to continue the gages in inoperative position,

itsoppositeen s secured respectively to the holders 160,160 and the frame or the machine in such manner that the s ring tends fingers out of operative position and to them as shown n Fig. 13.;

The power'for shifting theraeknbar constantly to rock the holders an their gegg Q endwise to the ends just described is.,ob-' it tained from the t'readle operated resser footrod 48. Referringto Fig."12, t -erod 48 has mounted thereon a. horlzontally slidj ing block 173, the block being ,somounted' between collars 174 and 175'on theirodf48, that it accompanies the rod in its vertical: movement but is capable of sliding laterally The block 173 is mounted in a thereon. slot 176 of a rectangular .slide 177 ,(Fig. 4;), the latter being alsoconfined between laterallyonly in relation tojthe rod 48, i n a.

.the' collars 174 and 175 seas to bemovable' horizontal plane. The 5116161177 is 'moved thus horizontallyby-means of a {stud .178

(Fig-. 4) carried upon-the trippen shifter 103, said stud projectingjnto a vertical slot 17 9 in the. slide 177; ts-the tripper shifter 103 is reeiprocated to introduce vtheitrippem alternatively into operative position the block 177 is similarly.reciprocatedn Secured to the sliding bloclp17 7 isa wedge 180 (Fig. 11), which, atoneffixtreme of the horizontal movement of said block, engages whilemow ing vertically with rod-"48, a-spring pressed lug 181 mounted in' iiiolock 182 (Figs. 4'and 11) which slideshonzontally in ways,183

on the frameof the machine. Pivotednto the block 182 is a bearing 185 inclosed in a slot 186 at oneend of a lever 187 which is fulcrumed at 188 to the frame of the ma -chine. The lever 187 has asliding pivot 189 connecting it to a second lever 190.-fulci-umed at 191 and having a second sliding.

pivot 193 by which it is attached to'the rack bar 170.

Referrin now to Fig. 11when the rod 48 is move 'upwardly depression of the treadle the wedge 180 Wlll move thespring pressed lug and its block 182 toward the left, rocking the levers 187 and19Q (Fi 4) in such manner as to move the rack M 170 toward the left and thus'brin the'gagc 158 into operative position. So long as the tripp'er ShlftGl. 103 remains at the left hand extremity of its reciprocation in Fig. 4 the wedge 180 will remainin ositionto act upon the lug 181 and accor mglyeach-depression'ofthe treadle during this state of 1 f 2 affairs will tend to movethe rack bar-170 toward the-left. \Vhen, however ftlie tripper shifter 103 moves to the right -&Xt1f m0-" .of it's reciprocation (Fig. itwillci 'xfrx' with it-by means of the .lug178-thesl .tle

block 177, which will therefore convey the 8' p e "opaque wedge 180 into operative relation with al second spring pressed 111g 194 on the-slide block 182.

Thereupon, the next upward movement of the rod-48 will move the block 182 in a direction opposite that of its preceding movement and will oppositely rock the lever 187 and 189 so as to move the rack bar 170 toward the right in Fi 4 to the extreme of its reciprocation antf withdraw the slde ga e 158 from operative position and to intro uce the side gage 159. In thismanner, theoperation' of one or the other of the side gages may be'madeto depend herein as a knife 195. a

Referring to Fig; 3-the knife 195 has a holder 196 secured to a slide 241 by'a clamp plate 242 held in place by a set screw 243 engaging a cap 223 carried by the slide 241.

The slide 241 is mounted immediately upon the breasting tool slide 59 .by means of a vertical screw 198,1 which may be turned to adjust the slide 241 vertically by means of a .pinion'li99 and gear QOOit' theJatt cr of which is formed on -the hub of a handle wheel201, rotatable upon the stud 202 car- 'ried in the breasting tool slide 59. In practice, the knife 195 maybecome drilled, and when it is sharpened it is to some extent ground awayand demands to be adjusted slightly to compensate for its decreased length. This is provided for by an adjustment independent of that of the slide 241 on the plunger 59 so that the compensating adjustment may be efiected withoutchanging the relation of the knife to its actuating mechanism. This is accomplished by a slide 243 in ways 244 formed in the plunger 59. The lower end of the slide 243 bears against the upper end of the holder 1'96 and is reciprocable vertically by means of a worm- .pmion 246 and a worm rack 247. The worm pinion 246 is journaled u onxa stud 248 in ears 249', 249, on the SH e 241. When the slide 243 is properly adjusted the knife holder 196 may be moved into contact therewith and there secured by the set'screw 243*. The knife 195 is moved downwardly to cut the work, primarily by means actuated positively, by the power of the machine; but to facilitate the arrest of the knife in sufiicient season to prevent-its cuttin beyond the intended scope of its breastmg operation, a

yieldin cushion or the like is interposed between t e knife and its primary power acmchamsm.

Referring now-jtdhigs. 1, 2 and 17, the actuating mechanism for the knife comprises a vertically moving head 204, having ears 205 and 206, encircling vertical guide rods 207, 207 rigidly mounted in the frame. The

head-204 isreciprocated'vertically by an eecentric 208 (Fig. 2) on the main shaft 45,

having an eccentric strap 209 connected by a link 210 to a pin'211 mounted in the bot tom of the, head'204. 'As shown in Fig. 18 the breasting tool slide-J59 has ears 213 and 214 also mounted on the guide rods 20?. Encircling each of the rods 207 is a spiral spring 215 interposed between an car 214 on the knife plunger 59 and an adjusting nut, 216, which threads onto a sleeve 217 fixed to i one ofthe cars 205 on the head 204 by means of a pin 219. A, lock nut 218 is supplied for'locking the adjusting nut 216 in adjusted position. Evidently, when the head 204 is vertically reciprocated it tends, through the agency of the springs 215 to depress the I breasting tool slide-59; but if the descent of the latter be positively interrupted the springs 215 will yield to .permit such arrest in'spite of the continued descent of the head -)Vl1i.le the shoe stands in adjusted position preceding the actual breasting operation one of the trippcr hooks engaging a corner of the topliftmay be substantially in the path of the knife; and under these circumstances the tripper should be withdrawn before the knife descends far enough to strike it. Thisis provided for in the specific machine by so timing the knife eccentric 208 and the tripper cam 106 (Fig. 16)

that the latter enters upon its dwelland' moves the tripper'shifter into intermediate position, to withdraw the tripper before the eccentric has moved far enough materially to lower the knife. 1 This withdrawal of the tripper permits it to move endwis'e rearwardly to its normalposition and thereby disorganize' the train of detaining mechanism which originally moved the clutch controlling yoke 150 (Fig. 4) into inactive position to start the machine, and there held it out of engagement with the shipper lever 154 (Fig. 11). In this manner the yoke 150 is freed to the action of the spring 149 (Fig. 4) which rocks the yoke back to its normal position shown in Fig. 4. When this occurs the reciprocating head 204 (on which the yoke: 150 -is mounted) has already de-. scended somewhat so that the return of the yoke to normal position places itbeneath the lever 154. Hence when the head 204 ascends again the ear 153 of the yoke rocks the lever 154 clockwise in Fig. 11 and depresses the shipper rod 90 to disengage the clutch and stop the machine.

s set forth in theintroductory portion of ieo 

